User ManualTable of Contents1. Product Overview111.1. General Description111.3. Function Diagram121.4. Evaluation Board132. Application Interface142.1. General Description142.4.1. Power Supply Pins222.4.2. Decrease Voltage Drop222.4.3. Reference Circuit of Power Supply222.5. Turn on Scenarios232.6. Turn off Scenarios252.8. USIM Card Interface282.8.1. Description of PINs282.8.2. Design Considerations for USIM Card Holder292.10. UART Interface332.10.1. UART CONNECTION342.10.2. UART LEVEL MATCH352.10.3. Use ic for level switch402.11. Network Status Indication412.12. POWER_ON/OFF Status Indicator ON_STATE422.14. WAKEUP_IN Signal432.15. WAKEUP_OUT Signal443. Antenna Interface473.2. Reference Design473.3. Reference PCB Layout of Antenna493.4. Suggestions for EMC & ESD Design493.4.1. EMC Design Requirements493.4.2. ESD Design Requirements493.5. Test Methods for Whole-Set Antenna OTA504. Electrical, Reliability and Radio Characteristics514.1. Absolute Maximum Ratings514.2. Operating Temperature514.3. Electrostatic Discharge514.4. GM500_U1A Test514.4.1. Current Consumption514.4.2. RF Output Power524.4.3. RF Receiving Sensitivity524.5. GNSS Technical Parameters525. Mechanical Dimensions535.1. Mechanical Dimensions of the Module535.2. Footprint of Recommendation556. Related Test & Test Standard566.1. Testing Reference566.2. Description of Testing Environment566.3. Reliability Testing Environment577. SMT Process and Baking Guide587.1. Storage Requirements587.2. Module Plainness Standard587.3. Process Routing Selection587.3.1. Solder Paste Selection587.3.2. Design of module PAD’s steel mesh opening on main board587.3.3. Module Board’s SMT process597.3.4. Module Soldering Reflow Curve607.3.5. Reflow method617.3.6. Maintenance of defects617.4. Module’s Baking Requirements617.4.1. Module’s Baking Environment617.4.2. Baking device and operation procedure627.4.3. Module Baking Conditions628. Federal Communication Commission Interference Statement62Table 1-1 GM500_U1A Supported Band11Table 1-2 GM500_U1A Key Features11Table 2-1 IO Parameters Definition16Table 2-2 Logic levels Description16Table 2-3 Pin Description16Table 2-4 Power Supply22Table 2-5 Definition of POWER_ON24Table 2-6 Power-on Time25Table 2-7 Power-off Time25Table 2-8 Pin Definition of the USIM Interface28Table 2-9 Pin Description of Molex USIM Card Holder30Table 2-10 Pin Description of Amphenol USIM Card Holder31Table 2-11 USB Pin Description32Table 2-12 Pin Definition of the Main UART Interface33Table 2-13 Pin Definition of the Debug UART Interface34Table 2-14 Pin Definition of Network Indicator42Table 2-15 Working State of the Network Indicator42Table 2-16 Pin Definition of ON_STATE42Table 2-17 Pin Definition of the ADC43Table 2-18 Characteristic of the ADC43Table 2-19 Pin Definition of WAKEUP_IN43Table 2-20 Pin Definition of WAKEUP_OUT45Table 2-21 Pin Definition of GPIO46Table 3-1 Pin Definition of Antenna47Table 4-1 Absolute Maximum Ratings51Table 4-2 Operating Temperature51Table 4-3 ESD characteristic51Table 4-4 Averaged standby DC power consumption [1]51Table 4-5 Averaged working current [1]51Table 4-6 Averaged working current [2]52Table 4-7 Conducted RF Output Power52Table 4-8 Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity Typical Value [1]52Table 4-9 Conducted RF Receiving Sensitivity Typical Value [2]52Table 4-10 GNSS Technical Parameters52Table 6-1 Testing Standard56Table 6-2 Testing Environment56Table 6-3 Testing Instrument & Device57Table 6-4 Reliability Features57Table 7-1 Baking parameters58Table 7-2 LCC module PAD’s steel mesh opening58System Connection Structure13Figure 2–1 Pin Assignment16The input reference circuit of VBAT22Reference circuit of DC-DC23Reference circuit of LDO23Reference circuit of POWER_ON24Timing of Turning on Mode25Timing of Turning off Mode26reference circuit to reset module27Timing of Reset Mode27Figure 2–10 Reference Circuit of the 8 Pin USIM Card29Figure 2–11 Reference Circuit of the 6 Pin USIM Card29Figure 2–12 Molex 91228 USIM Card Holder30Figure 2–13 Amphenol C707 10M006 512 2 USIM Card Holder31Figure 2–14 Reference Circuit of USB Application32Figure 2–15 Reference Circuit of USB Communication between module and AP32Figure 2–16 Reference circuit of USB when USB is not the desired function33Figure 2–17 Schematic of 8-wire UART Connection34Figure 2–18 Schematic of 3-wire UART Connection34Figure 2–19 Schematic of 4-wire UART Connection35Figure 2–20 Recommended TXD circuit36Figure 2–21 Recommended RXD circuit37Figure 2–22 Recommended RTS circuit38Figure 2–23 Recommended CTS circuit39Figure 2–24 Recommended 8-wires UART level switch circuit40Figure 2–25 Recommended 4-wires UART level switch circuit41Figure 2–26 Recommended 2-wires UART level switch circuit41Figure 2–27 The test point of debug UART41Figure 2–28 Reference Circuit of the Network Indicator42Figure 2–29 WAKEUP_IN input sequence44Figure 2–30 Connections of the WAKEUP_IN pin44Figure 2–31 The output signal of WAKEUP_OUT45Figure 2–32 Connections of the WAKEUP_OUT pin45Reference Circuit of Antenna Interface48Reference Circuit of GNSS Antenna48The OTA test system of CTIA50GM500_U1A Top and Side Dimensions53GM500_U1A Bottom Dimensions54Recommended Footprint55Figure 7–1 Module Board’s Steel Mesh Diagram59Figure 7–2 Material Module Pallet59Tape Reel Dimension60Figure 7–4 Module Furnace Temperature Curve Reference Diagram61Size: 3.84 MBPages: 64Language: EnglishOpen manual